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title: Range.Phonetic Property (Excel)
keywords: vbaxl10.chm144225
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- vbaxl10.chm144225
ms.prod: excel
api_name:
- Excel.Range.Phonetic
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ms.date: 06/08/2017
---


# Range.Phonetic Property (Excel)

Returns the  **[Phonetic](phonetic-object-excel.md)** object, which contains information about a specific phonetic text string in a cell.


## Syntax

 _expression_ . **Phonetic**

 _expression_ An expression that returns a **Range** object.


### Return Value

Phonetic


## Remarks

This property provides compatibility with earlier versions of Microsoft Excel. You should use  **[Phonetics](phonetics-object-excel.md)** ( _index_), where  _index_ is the index number of the phonetic text, to return a single **Phonetic** object.


## See also


#### Concepts


[Range Object](range-object-excel.md)

